Financial Holding Company

Definition

Financial Holding Company. A financial entity engaged in a broad range of banking-related activities, created by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999

These activities include: insurance underwriting, securities dealing and underwriting, financial and investment advisory services, merchant banking, issuing or selling securitized interests in bank-eligible assets, and generally engaging in any non-banking activity authorized by the Bank Holding Company Act. The Federal Reserve Board is responsible for supervising the financial condition and activities of financial holding companies. Similarly, any non-bank commercial company that is predominantly engaged in financial activities, earning 85 percent or more of its gross revenues from financial services, may choose to become a financial holding company. These companies are required to sell any non-financial (commercial) businesses within ten years.

See Also

• http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/Content/HELP/Institution%20Type%20Description.htm

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